Phylum：Zygomycota　>>　Class： Trichomycetes　>>　 Order： Harpellales 
   
 
　BCRC Number： NO BCRC Number!  
   
　Scientific Name： Harpella meridianalis
 
   
   
　Author：

Harpella meridianalis Lichtw. & Arenas, Mycologia 88: 844-857. 1996.
   
 
 
 
 
　Description： Thalli about 280 μm long by 6 μm diam. Base rounded with a broad secreted holdfast. Trichospores curved to colied, 100 μm × 6 μm. Zogospores unknown. Attached to peritrophic membrane of Simuliidae (blackfly) larvae.
 
 
 
 
 
　Specimens：

Taiwan, ShihLin, WaiShuang river: slide prepared from a Simulium sp. larvae, 04 Sep 2004, Harme-1, Harme-2; 11 Nov 2004, Harme-3, Harme-4. Taiwan, Taichung, Tachia River: slide prepared from a Simulium sp. larvae, 27 Nov 2004, Harme-5, Harme-6; Taiwan, Pingtung, Kaoping River: slide prepared from a Simulium sp. larvae, 18 Dec 2004, Harme-7, Harme-8.
 
 
 
　Habitat： obligate parasites in aquatic Simuliidae larva guts
 
 
 
　Distribution：

worldwide
 
 
 
　References：

Lichtwardt, RW and Arenas, JM. 1996; Moss, ST and Lichtwardt, RW. 1980; Reichle, RE and Lichtwardt, RW. 1972.
   
   
   
　Provided：

P. H. Wang
 
 
　Note： Harpella melusinae has larger thalli and trichospores than H. meridianalis, and a very distinctive, tapered holdfast (Reichle and Lichtwardt, 1972). H. meridianalis more closely resembles H. leptosa (Moss and Lichtwardt, 1980), but its trichospores are shorter and generally narrower, and the more rounded thallial base has a broader secreted holdfast than H. leptosa.